Logically there is no such thing as forgiveness, there is only understanding and forgetting about situation... The difficult part being forgetting
"It's hard to forgive but I never forget" - Future Hendrix (DS2 ; Thought it was a drought)
Which church do you belong? I believe there's a big mistake here. Jesus was merciful and taught us to forgive. If you are a Christian you are called to be the most Christ-like you can.
What are your thoughts about it? Someone thinks it is a great virtue, but speaking with people I realize that way more think that it is a stupid/naive thing, and if someone harms you, you have to take your revenge.
Discuss
Something everyone should learn about, that's my thought about it.
Logically there is no such thing as forgiveness, there is only understanding and forgetting about situation... The difficult part being forgetting
Whoever is without sin should definitely not forgive
Forgiveness is rare.
When is about minor things is very easy to forgive.
But.. When you want to get revenge instead to forgive then is the moment when you are really hurt and is humanly to hate and want revenge. You forget about forgiveness teachings and you put yourself as judge. Is a sin and you know it. But you cant help it, is beyond logic, is instinct. Just a superior human can overcome this and finally forgive or accept that revenge is not the path.
We have such a good example in Sasuke , he gived up to revenge after Naruto defeats him .
The forgive but not forget is the ultimate goal to achieve inner peace.
What the quote actually means is that human frailty causes us to transgress, but in forgiveness we share and emulate a part of the essence of the divine.
It takes energy to hold something against someone. I've realized this as a consequence of fights I've had with people in my personal life. At the end of it, you're both just tired. Forgiveness is a healthy way to put matters to rest, and you should probably do it when the energy of not forgiving someone would take up more emotional energy than it would to just forgive them.
Interacting with people on this forum would be f***ing tedious if I held every bad thing someone did against them.